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How to hide files from the VS Code sidebar without pattern matching?
I want to clear my view of my file explorer sidebar in VS Code, and just see a few files I want to focus on.
Is there an easy way to do this, using the mouse, and not file hiding using pattern matching? If necessary, with a VS Code extension?
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You could just move the files to a new folder and open that :)
Alright alright here's a serious answer: I noticed that VSC automatically dereferences symlinks. So if you create a temporary new folder and symlink only the files you want, this will effectively accomplish what you are asking.
To make the symlinking less tedious, you can use something like cat files.txt | parallel ln -s {} temp/{}.
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There are a few VSCode extensions that may be useful:
Simple hide files allows you to hide individual files using a pane in the side bar.
Make hidden allows you to hide a file via a right-click menu.
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